Printers! Cheaper than diamonds

[tycho102]

I bought a Samsung color laser printer, and haven't looked back since.

Toner refill for all the colors + black runs a little over $200. I actually bought HP 8500 toner. Used about 2/3's of a bottle for an empty cartridge, and you don't even have to use the heat gun for the cartridges; Samsung puts a little plastic plug on each cartridge, I guess just for the ease of refilling them.

You get 5000+ sheets at 5%, per cartridge. The upfront cost might be a little "steep", but if you're using the thing, you definately come out on top where consumables are concerned. I'd guess the first refill breaks even with inkjets. If you replace your cartridges and imaging drum every 15k sheets, you're still money ahead.

$500 for the printer.
$230 for the all the toner
$5 for a pair of pliers from Target.
$3 for a roll of paper towels.
$.10 for the water to wet the paper towels.
3 minutes of time per cartridge, if you're being careful to keep the dust down (1min if not).